Show ben ban wrede formerly a well known hotel keeper in victoria new west ini mi oater uster B C is ie thought to have per lobed in the country he went there prospecting lat last fall and the last board beard of him was on march cb when a letter was waa received gratl stating ng that be intended leaving le bear lake on a 40 mile trip A letter just received by wife irom A C murray the hudson bay company a agent at stuart lake jake states that hat wrede bad arranged to meet meek two prospectors at the need of finlay river they waited some weeks at the agreed point and as ai be did not come they concluded that he be must have perished in the wilderness |